Will SC voters MACE Lindsey Graham?
Tea Partiers in The Carolinas have an opportunity to make a forceful statement in the 2014 GOP primaries for US Senate. In North Carolina, they have a champion
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Greg Brannon: BOTH of NC’s senators need to join the fight to defund ObamaCare
Polling shows two-thirds to three-quarters of North Carolinians expressing serious dissatisfaction with ObamaCare. The North Carolina General Assembly has voted to refuse federal money earmarked for funding health insurance exchanges
Continue readingBurr: Resistance to ObamaCare implementation is “the dumbest idea”
From 1972 to 2002, North Carolina was represented in the US Senate by one of the nation’s most preeminent conservatives. Since 2004, we’ve been stuck with Richard Burr — a
Continue readingUS Senate 2014: Is the honeymoon OVER for Mark Harris and the Tea Party?
Well, that was quick. In late June, the Draft Mark Harris committee was touting the hiring of Tracy Bengtson — a Mecklenburg County grassroots activist who was a key
Continue readingKay Hagan: “leading” from, um, … OUTSIDE THE ROOM?
The mainstream media has been helping US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) tout legislation she co-sponsored with fellow Democrat Jack Reed (D-RI) to freeze interest rates on student loans. A pro-union
Continue readingLegislative business? Forget that. I’ve got a Senate campaign to run!
It looks like my prediction that running for the US Senate would shove leadership of the state House into a distant second place is panning out. House Speaker Thom
Continue readingLiz Cheney in Wyoming: A textbook case on Shaking Up The Ruling Class
The GOP establishment is having a conniption over the audacity of Liz Cheney — daughter of the former VPOTUS — daring to challenge the renomination of a sitting GOP
Continue readingKey pundit: Path to GOP majority in US Senate runs through Tar Heel State
New York Times blogger Nate Silver has been pretty doggone prescient in recent years with his election prognostications. He has an interesting observation regarding the 2014 battle for
Continue readingFor Senate GOP, surrender IS apparently an option
We’ve been hearing all about “a grand compromise” in the US Senate over filibusters and votes over Obama administration nominees. Let’s review the details of the “compromise”: Harry
Continue readingThom Tillis, that pesky Constitution, and that annoying separation of powers thingie
McClatchy’s John Frank is doing his best to play arbiter and peacemaker among Raleigh Republicans. And we thank him for it. He’s got a piece out about internal bickering among
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